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PAPER PACKAGE Filed Jan. 19, 1927 jg ZZ lNVENTOR M .t BYL l f' Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,106,220 PATENT oFElcE.

WILLIAM FAIRCHILD, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ALBANY PERFORATED WRAPPING PAPER COMPANY, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

PAPER PACKAGE.

Applicationled January 19, 1927. Serial No. 162,028.

paper, with one whose units are a doubledv sheet, consisting of two thicknesses of paper, and to such ends my invention consists of the paper package hereinafter specilied.

More particularly, my invention relates to a paper package which is adapted for use 1n a receptacle that prevents access to the contents as a whole, but which permits the user' lto obtain one unit at a time of paper I suitablez for paper towels or toilet paper, it

' ness of paper.

being intended that the withdrawal of the lowermost unit shall draw the next succeeding unit into a position where it, in its turn, can be grasped.

Prior to my invention, such packages have been made in either one of two ways, each of which has certain disadvantages. First, such packages have been made of units consisting of a single sheet of a single thickness of paper. Such a. package has the advantage of economy, in that the units comprise only the amount of paper' actually desired for use. This economy, however, is accompanied by certain inconveniences. For instance, the unit presents an edge for the user to take hold of in drawing it from the cabinet, which edge consists of only a single thick- Hence, when the user is washing his hands and takes hold of the unit with his wet lingers, the `portion of the unit taken hold of will often tear away without withdrawing the unit from the cabinet. Again, where such a package comprises units consisting of but a single sheet of paper' of a single thickness, the unit, being withdrawn, necessarily has a limited and uncertain contact with the next succeeding unit, so that it is not at all cert-ain that the latter unit will,

by the withdrawal of the rst-mentioned unit, be drawn into position where the user can grasp it. Furthermore, with a package of such units, the unit being withdrawn only contacts with the next succeeding unit upon one side of the free edge of the latter, so that such free edge frequently becomes bent awayA from the unit being withdrawn, and curls or crumples up within the Vreceptacle and does notcome into position where the user can get hold of it. Second, such packages have been formed of units consisting of a doubled sheet of two thicknesses of paper. But the latter form of units have been usable only as a whole, which involved the use of twice the amount of paper frequently desired. For instance even with such doubled units it has been customary to direct the user to blot and not rub with the paper towel. This has been because the grain, or line of greatest weakness, so to speak, of the paper commonly used for this purpose, runs all in one direction; and the paper which has to be loose and soft in its texture to have absorbency enough to act as a towel, will, when wet, split or part along the grain if rubbed transversely to the grain. But in my invention the unit can be separated into two sheets, one of which can be placed with its grain crosswise upon the other, and, thus a. towel can be formed having grain in two directions at right angles to each other, and with which the user may rub in the usual and natural way and need not confine himself to a mere blotting process.

My invention possesses the economy of the single sheet form of unit, while overcoming its said disadvantages, and also possesses all the advantages of said second form of unit and gives it marked additional advantage.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a cabinet containing a paper package embodying my invention, and so constructed as to permit access to the lowermost unit, while prevent-ing` access to the rest of the package; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the form of unit of which my package is comprised;

F ig. 3 is a perspective view of such a unit folded on its median line to form a doubled unit;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the unit shown in Fig. 3, the doubled unit being bent upon two other folds parallel to the median fold, into the form which it has in the assembled paper package; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of two of the units, as shown in Fig. 3, interfolded and engaged to form a port-ion of the completed package.

The cabinet illustrated in the drawings comprises a front l and back 2, one of which may be hinged to permit the package of in- Y? thelip'orshoulder 8, thetwo'lips or shoul! dersl being separated to form a` mouth yor opening throughwhich-a portion 12 of the lowermost unit of the papervpackage may lproject in` position for the nser to takehold i' ot'.y The package and cabinetare' so constructed that-the withdrawal of one :'unit trom the mouth of thecabinet' will always bringa new 'unit into position where it can loe-taken hold of by the user. "My new units consist, as shownin Figs. ftof, `ot'two sheets-13 and 14,`.preferably ofthe sainelsize, which are secured to `each other, as by'strips or connections 15, vthe said sheets being unconnectedor severed yor weakened between*thesaid strips, as by the zigzag scores or cuts'16. n 2 *My said units: may be most conveniently formed-incne;piecefroin va long strip of l paper by cutting it into lengths equal to the Zie sinn ofthe'lengths ofthe: sheets 13 and*l 14 and forming the scores or `cuts 16, leaving the unse'vered' connectionsv 15 between said scores or cuts. n n A K My saidl nnits maybe formed in `any man-f ners'oV longas th'eyconsist of' two sheetsl and, 14, which are suiiiciently connected so as to operate `in acabinet as a single unit, and yet are-sutiiciently severed vor weakened so as to be readily broken apart for separate use.

'The unit Villustrated'in Fig. 2 is folded upon 'the'ni'edian line to the .position shown i113,"and the doubled unit thus formedy is again't'oldedon two .or more lines 17t and 18, which are parallel tothe inedianv vfold,- so vthat'tl'ie final-forni ot the unitfis that shown in Fig. 4. The Unit thus "formed may Vbe said ,to consistfot a doubled edge 19, Vformed by the median told, and ot' tree leaves 2() and V21 which larev connected to y the leaves that are next to those'thattorm the median' fold. by Vintermediate leaves-22 andQB; 'My saidfnl'iits vare assembled into aV package, as shown' in Fig. 5,;by placing the doubled edge 19 of each lunit in betweenV coi the free leaves 20 and 21 ot the 4unit below.' It will be observed that, init-his relation, the doubled edge 19 of each unit is, so to speak,

vgrasped on each side by. the free leaves of. v the nextl unit below in much the saine wayV ast-hefdoubled edge of the lowermost unit isfgras'ped between the thumb and fore- Vup or turn back.

moet unit is withdrawn from the cabinet, the .next unit above lspulled along with much greater certainty than would be the case if the ycontact between them were only on Vone side ot th'edoubled edge. Also', the doubled edge of the unit above the lowerinost unit, being enclosed between the tree leaves of the latter unit, is prevented from any possible engagementv with any part ot the cabinetwhich.might cause it to crumple Consequently, the unit following `the lowermost unit 'is always brought down, withlcertainty,.tofthe desired position Yin which Vit is within the grasp of the user. FnrtherinoreV iny Vunit possesses the very marked advantage of, being Vreadily separable into two sheets, so that one of them can bejcrcssed relativeto the other, thusaording a towel having grain en!V tending in twdfdirections 'perpendicular to each other and'givingit a strength which will permit it to be safely used for rubbing the hands as one would 'use' a. lclotlrtowel, instead of being coniined tofa inere4 blotting 'operation, which is ineffective and irritating to the user.

It will be observed that inthe cabinet, whichl have described, and which is the subject'oi' a separate application for'patent, theV engaged portions ofthe lowerincst unit andthe one next above itfollow a sinuous path between the shoulder l1 at the front edge of the bottoni section l1","'and'the .should ers 5, '10, 8 and 11, 'and thus `the free leaves of the lowerinostv section are at severaly points, 'being pressedlagainst the doubled portion ot the sec-tion Vnext above, so that the gripjof the said leaves on the ysaid. section is firm', and sure. f

It lwill-.thus-be -seen that my said ypaper package, composed ofthe described units,

combines the advantages of packages ot' both previous` types ot units, andsnbstantially' without vany of the disadvantages lof either o16-said types. Thus,rmy said unit canbe readily separated [into single sheets Vwhen it is so desired, and, vet, can as readily be used as a doubled sheet or unit. It pre-V sents thefadvantag'e of the doubled edge to resist teaiiiig'wvlieii' wet; and each unit, as it is withdrawn from the receptacles, brings the next'unit, with certainty andsmoothness, into position to begrasped. The following unit is prevented from becoming crumpled orfcurled up in thel receptacle where it cannot bereached. f

Theyreceptacle herein ffdescribed is not claimed herein, but is the subject of a separate applicaticnfor patent. Y i

' I claim: f l

f1. A package for towel or toilet purposes.

adaptedtor dispensing in Ya cabinet, conipOSed oftfsheets or units doubled on a median line, said doubled, sheet being partly Ysevered along. said 'median line,cthat portion ot' the icio sheet adjacent to Jche median line beingintelleaved between the free leaves of the next unit.

2. A package for towel or toilet purposes adapted for dispensing` in a Cabinet, consisting of sheets o1 units doubled on a median line, said doubled sheet being' partly severed along said median line, said doubled sheet being also folded on two separated lines pan allel to the median line, said lasfJ mentioned 10 folds being in opposite directions, the doubled portion of each unit being between the free leaves of the next unit below.

In testimony thatv I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day l5 of January, 1927.

VILLIAM FAIRCHILD 

